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Millions of Reluctant Landlords

Posted by: Tim Halbur

15 September 2009 - 9:00am

About 2.5 million homes have been converted into rental units since 2007 as homeowners try to wait out the loss in value of their properties, according to a new study.

"There are three main causes behind the shift, said Cynthia Kroll, senior regional economist at the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Homeowners unable to keep up with monthly mortgage payments are renting out their homes or rooms in their homes to help cover costs, recently-built condominiums originally slated for sale are instead being converted into rental apartments and buyers of foreclosed properties are renting out the homes rather than selling them."

Full Story: Unable to Sell Their Houses, Millions of Homeowners are Turning Into Landlords
Source: The Huffington Post, September 14, 2009
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